simile
IPA: sˈɪmʌɫi
noun
- A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.
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Examples of "simile" in Sentences
- I'll stop with the annoying similes now.
- The rainbow inspires metaphor and simile.
- The word is about as common as the word simile.
- Using one to describe the other is possible in simile.
- The dialogue is rife with similes found in pulp fiction.
- There is a similar problem with the usage of simile and metaphor.
- Is the use of metaphor or simile condoned by the Manual of Style
- Anglo Saxon poetry is marked by the comparative rarity of similes.
- Are we to rid our language of simile and metaphor and generalisations
- Additionally, Porter uses simile and metaphor to describe the process of dying.
- Blunt axe cleaves the air like any other axe; the simile is literally meaningless.
- As an accident-prone person, I must say that I have never seen blood "shimmer" no matter which way the simile is arranged.
- The simile is not chance, however, for the event, as the poet now knows, was all about a sounding of information, of random seeking turned to succeeding:
- That particular simile is interesting since it seems they had some kind of Hawaiian themed party during this episode that ended up on the cutting room floor.
- Every time a metaphor or simile is used, the author has inserted himself into the novel and given a personal assessment aside from the direct relation of the action.
- So in literature we have, springing from this principle of comparison, the forms fable, parable, and allegory; and in language the figures of speech which we know as simile and metaphor.
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